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The City Clerk shall mail a statement of the total expense incurred to the property owner who has failed to abide by the notice to abate, and if the amount shown by the statement has not been paid within one month, the City Clerk shall certify the costs to the County Auditor, which shall then be collected with and in the same manner as general property taxes.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-10) (Ord. 324, passed 9-16-1985)
If the amount expended to abate the nuisance or condition is $500 or less, the city may levy an assessment against the property to be paid in one installment. If the amount expended to abate the nuisance or condition exceeds $500, but does not exceed $1,000, the city may permit the assessment to be paid in up to five annual installments; if the cost exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $2,000, the city may permit the assessment to be paid in up to seven annual installments; and if the cost exceeds $2,000, the city may permit the assessment to be paid in up to ten annual installments in the same manner and with the same interest as special assessments on benefitted property.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-11) (Ord. 773, passed 11-3-2014)
In lieu of the foregoing abatement procedures, the city may elect to treat an unabated nuisance as a violation of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-12) (Ord. 324, passed 9-16-1985) Penalty, see § 93.999
UNUSED MOTOR VEHICLE STORAGE
The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the community, particularly children; to prevent the reduction of property values; to encourage the maintenance of property free of nuisances; and to eliminate fire and safety hazards by prohibiting the open storage of unused motor vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 4-1A-1) (Ord. 633, passed 9-6-2005)
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
UNUSED MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle to which any one or more of the following criteria applies.
(1) Licensed. Any vehicle for which a license may be obtained under the laws of the state that is not licensed for the current year.
(2) Operable. Any vehicle not in a safe and current operating condition such that, upon the request of a city police or nuisance enforcement officer, the vehicle cannot be started and moved under its own power a distance of 50 feet.
(3) Uninsured. Any vehicle for which the owner does not possess and produce a financial liability coverage card as required under Iowa Code § 321A.19 (or any subsequently adopted replacement provision).
(4) Missing glass. Any vehicle in which a portion of the windshield, windows, headlight or taillight is missing.
(5) Wheels and tires. Any vehicle that lacks functional and usable wheels and tires.
(6) Broken or loose parts. Any vehicle with broken or loose parts that constitute a danger because of exposed, sharp or jagged edges, or that make any interior portion of the vehicle, including the trunk or engine compartment, accessible to children or animals.
(7) Habitat for nuisance animals or insects. Any vehicle that has become a habitat for rats, mice or any other vermin, or insects.
(8) Defective or obsolete condition. Any other vehicle that, because of its defective or obsolete condition, in any other way constitutes a threat to the public health and safety.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn, except devices moved by human power. The term includes, without limitation, a motor vehicle, automobile, truck, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon, farm machinery or any combination thereof. The term VEHICLE does not include snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, campers or boats.
(Prior Code, § 4-1A-2) (Ord. 633, passed 9-6-2005)
Storage within the corporate limits of the city of an unused motor vehicle upon private property, except as provided by § 93.088, constitutes a threat to the health and safety of the citizens of the city, and is a nuisance within the meaning of Iowa Code § 657.1. If any unused motor vehicle is stored upon private property in violation of this subchapter, the owner or person in control of the property on which the vehicle is stored shall be prima facie liable for the violation.
(Prior Code, § 4-1A-3) (Ord. 633, passed 9-6-2005)
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